diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0e1a10ae00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, jinja2
+, matplotlib
+, numpy
+, requests
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.2.1";
+  pname = "lightning-python";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "3987d7d4a634bdb6db9bcf212cf4d2f72bab5bc039f4f6cbc02c9d01c4ade792";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jinja2 matplotlib numpy requests six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Python client library for the Lightning data visualization server";
+    homepage = http://lightning-viz.org;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 554b110173a..27a3988497f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1942,33 +1942,8 @@ in {
 
   libsoundtouch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsoundtouch { };
 
-  lightning = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.2.1";
-    name = "lightning-python-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/lightning-python/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "3987d7d4a634bdb6db9bcf212cf4d2f72bab5bc039f4f6cbc02c9d01c4ade792";
-    };
   libthumbor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libthumbor { };
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      jinja2
-      matplotlib
-      numpy
-      requests
-      six
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python client library for the Lightning data visualization server";
-      homepage = http://lightning-viz.org;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
   jupyter = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "1.0.0";
     name = "jupyter-${version}";
@@ -1987,6 +1962,7 @@ in {
       ipykernel
       ipywidgets
     ];
+  lightning = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightning { };
 
     # Meta-package, no tests
     doCheck = false;